The speaker spoke about genocide in Cambodia. He touched on the Toul Seng prison, how it used electric wires to prevent people from jumping away. There were only about twelve survivors in total. The Peace Core came to Cambodia in 2007; their goals were teaching and health orientation. He showed a short video of President JFK encouraging people to join the Peace Core to help people live in hope. The speaker went to Cambodia in 2013 – 2015 as an English teacher. He stayed in the Suay Rieng Province where people mistook him for being from India or Myanmar. They asked, “where is the American”? He taught English to over 800 people while staying in Cambodia. There was no electricity and only dirt floors. He tried to talk about the good things in America. The Cambodian people are very protective of their books. They grew gardens and even built a small library and art club. He did not like the heat or the bugs. He also helped them build a basketball court, and wrote grants that his parents helped “fund”. He taught “helmet safety, and even met a “hero” rat that was used to help sniff out land mines. He got to meet Michelle Obama, but hated the bugs (scorpions as well). He also focused on teaching food sanitation, and hand washing. He noted that they were not allowed to drive cars in the Peace Core. He did not like the heat or the bugs, but developed an understanding of how precious life is

Combined Board meeting, Rotary Clubs of Lebanon-Riverside and Lebanon on September 12, 2017 at 5:30 PM in the Whitman Building in Lebanon

Guest at this weeks meeting:

Don MacMeekin and Jean Walpren from the Lebanon Club

Beverly and Jim Brock from Bermuda

Upcoming Programs

September 12 — Ashlee Rowley - Health and Dance

September 26 — Janet Carroll, RN, DHMC Speaking on speak on the different opiates (Heroin, fentenil, carfentanil) and their impact on those taking the drug and the new protocols that are being developed to deal with those coming into the Emergency Department.